At 100, Denville's future is looking up

Denville is beginning a new and exciting time in its history. Everything and everyone has a birth chart - a person, a business, a country and a town. While the actual time of the official naming is unknown, all the planets on that day don't move by degree. What does change is the degree on the ascendant and the moon, both of which move one degree every two hours.

Using a time period between 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. for the birth, the sign of Cancer rules both the ascendant and the moon. The sign of Cancer is nurturing and very family-orientated, giving the town the tendency to put family first. Tradition and continuity, also a Cancer trait, caused families to create strong ties to the town. The negative side of this sign would be to stick to old traditions even if they don't serve the present time. The Crab, symbol for the sign of Cancer, will let you cut off its claw rather than release what it is holding. All signs have a positive and negative side.

The planets Mercury and Saturn give the town the ability to make decisions and take action with maturity and wisdom.

Mars is in the sign of Pisces, which is ruled by Neptune, giving a tendency to stir the waters - figuratively and emotionally. The Sun is in a tension friction angle to the planet Neptune, which rules among other things, water, and Denville's lovely lakes and the river have been both a pleasure and a concern. Mars also sits next to Chiron, the wounded healer. Through the wounds of Chiron comes our greatest growth. One might look at the storm Irene and note that through everything Denville showed its strength, not only physically but emotionally.

While periodically Mars can put people at odds, it does make a beneficial angle to Venus which has the power to calm Mars. Uranus, the planet of the sudden and unexpected, makes a tension aspect to Venus and can cause economic problems from time to time. However, just as we learn and evolve so does a town, attracting people and circumstances to move forward. So where are we now?

The singular most important planet in a chart (of course) is the Sun, which for Denville is in the sign of Aries. This first sign of the zodiac depicts the child discovering the universe. Aries is a lover of sport, physical activity and the outdoors. Aries has a strong desire to explore new and innovative ideas. Denville wants to do this while holding on to tradition (Cancer).

All charts evolve. A birth chart is like a script that was written and as the years pass the pages of the script turn and new experiences come into being. As we look at the current page in Denville's script, we begin with the progressed Sun which moves in a chart approximately one degree a year.

For the last 30 years the Sun in Denville's chart has been transiting through the sign of Cancer, emphasizing all of the Cancer traits which are already strong in the chart. This town is seen as having that old wonderful home town charm.

This year, on its 100th birthday, the Sun moves into the sign of Leo taking on a flavor much more in harmony with the Aries Sun. As Denville celebrates its birthday the progressed Sun makes a very beneficial angle to the planets Mercury and Saturn. This activates the Mercury/Saturn aspect that the town was incorporated under. This is truly a wonderful new beginning for the town. New and innovative thinking along with the wisdom of Saturn comes into being.

To glean more information about the town, I turned to the book Denville Days. While the area known now as Denville has homes that date back many more years, it was interesting to note what Miss Emma Baldwin said, "My family moved to Denville in April 1913, about the time that Denville Township separated from Rockaway and became a separate municipality. This date may well be taken as marking the end of one era and the beginning of a new one."

Denville's chart is once again beginning a new era. What I see now are new brave and progressive actions. While always maintaining that lovely small town feeling, the town of Denville will sparkle with the drama of Leo. Strong leadership with a combination of maturity and daring will take Denville into a new and exciting future.

Kathy Kerston

DENVILLE

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At 100, Denville's future is looking up

On April 14 Denville will be 100 years old.

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